# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=778 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 779 --- ## [What does the US ambassador to Fiji do all day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-us-ambassador-to-fiji-do-all-day/744435)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2016, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-us-ambassador-to-fiji-do-all-day/744435 "2016-02-26T15:20:12Z")
What does the ambassador to countries like Fiji, Marshall Islands, Samoa, Soloman Islands do all day? I couldn’t like of a more cush job than this. Year round sun, warm ocean water, beach weather, great home, relatively… --- ## [Custom furniture etiquette](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-furniture-etiquette/747113)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2016, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-furniture-etiquette/747113 "2016-02-26T14:09:38Z")
I found a coffee table I like on custommade.com, but it’s about 400 miles away. I’d either have to pay $150 for shipping or plan a trip out to the east coast to pick it up (not the end of the world, I make the trip freq… --- ## [What's up with perpetual students?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-perpetual-students/744086)
**Author:** [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2016, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-perpetual-students/744086 "2016-02-26T11:54:34Z")
There always seems to be a small subculture of university/college students who are well beyond typical student age (even elderly sometimes) but have been well entrenched at the institution for years. How do they support… --- ## [US and Russia agree on a deal to end fighting in Syria](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-and-russia-agree-on-a-deal-to-end-fighting-in-syria/746813)
**Author:** [@Blackstock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackstock)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2016, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-and-russia-agree-on-a-deal-to-end-fighting-in-syria/746813 "2016-02-26T03:46:52Z")
Not an armistice or a temporary cease-fire, but an end to hostilities. It says in the news though that this is yet to be signed by the warring factions on the ground. Seeing as far as this is a proxy war, and that almost… --- ## [Has any nation EVER militarily invaded/intervened in another exclusively due to human rights?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-nation-ever-militarily-invaded-intervened-in-another-exclusively-due-to-human-rights/746826)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-nation-ever-militarily-invaded-intervened-in-another-exclusively-due-to-human-rights/746826 "2016-02-26T01:52:40Z")
Inspired by this thread about a tribe known as the Sentinelese. I really can’t think of any. There seems to ALWAYS be other issues, economic, political or military, in the background regardless of what gets announced i… --- ## [Should the government have access to all data?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-government-have-access-to-all-data/746830)
**Author:** [@iljitsch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iljitsch)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-government-have-access-to-all-data/746830 "2016-02-26T01:45:02Z")
I was reading the “Why does the FBI need Apple to crack into the San Bernadino shooters’ phones?” thread in GQ and wanted to respond with what’s below, but then realized it should be a thread of its own and isn’t a quest… --- ## [Spain in June](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spain-in-june/747089)
**Author:** [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2016, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spain-in-june/747089 "2016-02-26T01:31:46Z")
We will be traveling to Spain June 12 thru 19. We are flying into Madrid. Right now the plan is one full day in Madrid, train to Barcelona, two days in Barcelona, train to Valencia, two days in Valencia, the train to M… --- ## [Question for Car Lovers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-car-lovers/746620)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2016, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-car-lovers/746620 "2016-02-26T00:55:11Z")
Hi SD, I have a car, and I take no special pride in it. If it gets me from point A to point B I am happy. I hear and see commercials with cars taking tight curves and driving empty city blocks. Do you car lovers real… --- ## [Do you have either a US or UK passport (decreed the most powerful passports in the world)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-either-a-us-or-uk-passport-decreed-the-most-powerful-passports-in-the-world/746686)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-either-a-us-or-uk-passport-decreed-the-most-powerful-passports-in-the-world/746686 "2016-02-26T00:45:18Z")
I finally got my passport (US) about a year ago. Made me feel special…especially after reading that the US passport is tied (with the UK) as being one of the most powerful passports in the world, being able to visit 147 … --- ## [How to get hired without an interview](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-hired-without-an-interview/746872)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-hired-without-an-interview/746872 "2016-02-25T21:32:45Z")
I know it is possible, because some of my coworkers on an IT project I did got hired without interviews. How can I do it? I have a lot of valuable skills, but a lot of companies don’t seem interested in hiring me becau… --- ## [SDMB brainstorming needed: cheap and easy knowledge base](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-brainstorming-needed-cheap-and-easy-knowledge-base/722099)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2016, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-brainstorming-needed-cheap-and-easy-knowledge-base/722099 "2016-02-25T21:26:58Z")
I’m on a team at work that needs to keep track of customer questions and the answers. Currently customers submit the questions by email to a specific corporate mailbox that forwards copies to everyone on our team, and o… --- ## [Are we at the beginning of a 2008-like stock market crash?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-at-the-beginning-of-a-2008-like-stock-market-crash/746014)
**Author:** [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2016, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-at-the-beginning-of-a-2008-like-stock-market-crash/746014 "2016-02-25T20:28:52Z")
Or will the FED resort to QE4 and zero(or negative) interest rates just in time? Pls move to the correct forum if it’s wrong forum for the topic. Thanks. --- ## [What is your "Money pit"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-money-pit/746270)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-money-pit/746270 "2016-02-25T20:26:06Z")
If you have one that is? In this thread I suppose I’ll define a money pit as an activity that has no chance of returning on financial investment. In all senses it’s something of a ludicrous pursuit…but something we do b… --- ## [NEED HELP figuring out a witty name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-figuring-out-a-witty-name/746744)
**Author:** [@Hurled\_Peas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hurled_Peas)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2016, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-figuring-out-a-witty-name/746744 "2016-02-25T20:05:37Z")
I am redoing our guest room and having plenty of fun! It has its own private bathroom and we are always focused on providing every creature comfort possible (there is a coffee maker and stocked bar size refrigerator in … --- ## [The Moral Expectations of the Military](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moral-expectations-of-the-military/746882)
**Author:** [@Chihuahua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chihuahua)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2016, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moral-expectations-of-the-military/746882 "2016-02-25T04:04:16Z")
I have been pondering some things for many years now, and I suppose some of the recent threads on whether the altruistic use of violence is possible got me pondering some more. I don’t know where else to share these tho… --- ## [Anyone here driven for Zoomer? Need answer fast.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-driven-for-zoomer-need-answer-fast/746992)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2016, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-driven-for-zoomer-need-answer-fast/746992 "2016-02-25T01:57:47Z")
They’re an app based delivery service like Uber, but they deliver food and maybe other stuff too instead of passengers. But they move lightning fast compared to Uber. I just heard of them yesterday from a co-worker and… --- ## [What everyday devices make could make good science lessons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-everyday-devices-make-could-make-good-science-lessons/746935)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2016, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-everyday-devices-make-could-make-good-science-lessons/746935 "2016-02-25T01:47:07Z")
So a microphone works as follows. Sound waves strike a surface, causing the surface to vibrate. The surface is attached to a magnet inside an electric coil. As the magnet vibrates, it creates electric pulses in the co… --- ## [Home Security Services: Help or Hindrance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-security-services-help-or-hindrance/746986)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2016, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-security-services-help-or-hindrance/746986 "2016-02-25T00:32:23Z")
What are your thoughts on all the home security systems out there? Honeywell, ADT and other security companies, the systems offered by the cable companies, and the do-it-yourself kits. What’s good, what’s bad, what sho… --- ## [Is it sex drive or something else that makes a wealthy, powerful man risk it all for hooker sex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-sex-drive-or-something-else-that-makes-a-wealthy-powerful-man-risk-it-all-for-hooker-sex/746419)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-sex-drive-or-something-else-that-makes-a-wealthy-powerful-man-risk-it-all-for-hooker-sex/746419 "2016-02-24T21:25:51Z")
Elliot Spitzer is in the news again lately and he seems to have lost none of his love forhigh end prostitutesthough this predilection cost his office as Governor of New York, his reputation and ultimately his marriage. S… --- ## [What were you most scared of as a kid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-most-scared-of-as-a-kid/746723)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-most-scared-of-as-a-kid/746723 "2016-02-24T21:12:43Z")
So, NASA has revealed that they recorded unexplained ‘music’ from Apollo 10’s mission to the far side of the moon. Reports say that Pink Floyd wasn’t involved, so any weirdness in space = aliens! I dunno about you but w… --- ## [She only drove it to church on Sundays. Good/Bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-only-drove-it-to-church-on-sundays-good-bad/746814)
**Author:** [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-only-drove-it-to-church-on-sundays-good-bad/746814 "2016-02-24T20:16:05Z")
We all know about the car salesman who tells you that the previous owner was a little old lady who only drove it to church on Sundays. This is always made out to be a good selling point. But is it? I’ve heard that drivin… --- ## [Got called for an interview for a job I think will be a huge pay cut.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-called-for-an-interview-for-a-job-i-think-will-be-a-huge-pay-cut/744307)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-called-for-an-interview-for-a-job-i-think-will-be-a-huge-pay-cut/744307 "2016-02-24T19:20:18Z")
Of course I’m going to the interview - it would be a great job and it’s not like I don’t need the interview practice. I do have a job that pays well but the institution is doing a lot of things I find personally and pro… --- ## [Observation: unpublished development roadmaps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/observation-unpublished-development-roadmaps/746911)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/observation-unpublished-development-roadmaps/746911 "2016-02-24T17:46:27Z")
I’ve always worked in software in the B2B realm and usually with a close-knit customer base. Think user groups and conferences where we get together with customers to demo new things and discuss issues. So that’s my fr… --- ## [How would you feel about someone developing full ESP psi powers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-feel-about-someone-developing-full-esp-psi-powers/746891)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-feel-about-someone-developing-full-esp-psi-powers/746891 "2016-02-24T16:01:43Z")
Assume they have the ability to fully read someone else’s thoughts, memories, emotions, etc. Would you embrace someone else having this power? They could conceivably become the most powerful person in the world. They… --- ## [Do you know of any doctors or have you ever visited a doctor who seemed just far too young to ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-any-doctors-or-have-you-ever-visited-a-doctor-who-seemed-just-far-too-young-to/746350)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-any-doctors-or-have-you-ever-visited-a-doctor-who-seemed-just-far-too-young-to/746350 "2016-02-24T15:37:15Z")
Do you know of any doctors or have you ever visited a doctor who seemed just far too young to actually be a reputable licensed physician? I remember seeing this movie called, “As Good As It Gets”. There was one great sc… --- ## [senate refusing to consider SC nomination](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-refusing-to-consider-sc-nomination/746970)
**Author:** [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-refusing-to-consider-sc-nomination/746970 "2016-02-24T14:07:14Z")
Just curious, but what are the chances that the senate will remain deadlocked past the next election regarding the Supreme Court nominee? If the republicans win the Presidency and control of the Senate, might the democr… --- ## [Dishwasher - what features?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishwasher-what-features/746511)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishwasher-what-features/746511 "2016-02-24T11:37:53Z")
Our dying dishwasher has a built-in food grinder, so no way to find and clean out a food filter. As one of the current machine’s ‘features’ is that you can make a full meal out of what’s left in the bottom of the drinkin… --- ## [Are we heading into a post-brand society (i.e., brands matter much, much less)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-heading-into-a-post-brand-society-i-e-brands-matter-much-much-less/746336)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-heading-into-a-post-brand-society-i-e-brands-matter-much-much-less/746336 "2016-02-24T11:31:38Z")
Walmart, often seen as a business “in power” in some way in the US is closing 269 stores. For awhile, high-end retailers were seen as doing better in the new economic reality, but now they are also struggling. OK, we k… --- ## [Divorce questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divorce-questions/746613)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divorce-questions/746613 "2016-02-24T04:35:24Z")
So it appears that my wife is toying with the idea of a divorce. No doubt I have my faults, and I am willing to work on them. It also seems clear that I would come out on top of this matter. My wife doesn’t earn e… --- ## [What's shaking in my car...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-shaking-in-my-car/744374)
**Author:** [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-shaking-in-my-car/744374 "2016-02-24T02:35:23Z")
I just got my 2000 Mitsubishi Pajero IO 4x4 (automatic transmission) back from the mechanic after a complete engine change\*. And now it has a nasty vibration, but only at certain engine rpms (around 900 or 1800rpm) and … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=777) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=779)